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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1966
Page
1
Area forecast shows increasing cloudiness and colder tonight with snow ending. Overnight lows dip to zero to five below, with Saturday high around 15. Across Kansas many towns report subzero readings while a new storm brings snow and sleet to the Plains and Great Lakes region.
Republican leaders from Kansas and Washington attend the state party functions in Topeka and Wichita. Gov. Avery plans a possible second term announcement later. Sen. Pearson confirms a 1968 presidential bid while Rep. Ellsworth weighs a Pearson challenge. Michigan Gov. Romney to speak at the Kansas Day banquet tomorrow.
Oswego Kansas AP report says Lula Bowen, a woman living alone, was found burned to death after a morning fire at her home. The fire was discovered about 5 30 a m and damage estimates were not available while the cause remained under investigation.
A six inch natural gas line failed, cutting supply to 10 communities within 25 miles of Norfolk Nebraska as temperatures fell to 8 below zero. About 20 000 people were affected with public buildings in Norfolk opened for oil heat and hospitals using standby fuel. Service was restored by daybreak in five hours but full restoration faced nightfall. Cause of the break was not immediately determined.
Alcorn Combustion Co will establish a Chanute steel fabricating plant on about 16 acres near the Santa Fe tracks. The $750,000 project aims to employ 100-125 within a year, start production in March, and include a training program with a local work force. R. J. Smith to manage manufacturing with offices in New York and Philadelphia.
Five Pullman cars and two diesel units of the Silver Meteor passenger train partially derailed on a side track in Henderson North Carolina early today. The Miami New York train did not overturn and there were no injuries. Seaboard officials said the cause was not determined.
Erie notes 1965 totals of 81,000,000 pounds of milk and 1,300,000 dozen eggs handled by Neosho Valley Co operative Creamery Assn. Wayne Pearce says prices to producers are best since 1953. Directors reelected and new officers named. Reeves of Producers Creamery spoke on improving milk market outlook.
The Kansas House Ways and Means Committee aims to finish final consideration of budgets totaling 229 million dollars for multiple agencies as lawmakers press to wrap remaining regular appropriation bills. Senate panel seeks two bills on penal institutions and the Department of Public Instruction. Gov Avery sets Feb 15 special session for reapportionment amid court-ordered one man one vote.
President Johnson told 200 White House listeners there is no peace in Viet Nam while a cult of hopelessness pursues a rule or ruin strategy. A secret White House meeting with Rusk McNamara Raborn and Wheeler weighed ending the bombing but no light emerged. He sought to time any renewal of air strikes while hawks in Washington press for options. Strong leaders Mansfield and Fulbright were noted as influential figures in the debate.
Secretary of State Rusk defends bombing North Vietnam before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee while Sen. Joseph Clark voices fear of nuclear escalation. Lawmakers press over aid requests and Viet Nam policy as Johnson weighs renewed raids and some Democrats urge restraint.
Lincoln Massachusetts resident Kevin Corbett reports about one third of his 330-route mailbox sites are buried or blocked by snow. He notes 120 boxes blocked by storms and says rural carriers may skip deliveries if they cannot reach a box without leaving the vehicle.
Charley D. Miller, 61, of Coffeyville was arrested by highway patrol last night on a driving while intoxicated charge. He is held at the city jail pending hearing or bond after his pickup struck a utility pole in the 800 block of South Santa Fe.
A short note notes the arrival of spring with a playful line about being a day closer to the season. The fragment suggests a personal correspondence tone without additional context or details.
Heavy small arms fire erupts as three Allied drives advance into the Communist held coastal plain near Bong Son and Tuy Hoa. U S forces report no casualties yet with a helicopter crash and ongoing skirmishes as Operation Masher moves forward.
Topeka pediatrician Dr Geoffrey Martin former executive secretary of the State Board of Health was chosen for the 1966 Samuel Crumbine award by the Kansas Public Health Association. His work included establishing a national poison information clearinghouse and improving methods to reduce neonatal deaths.
Two 50 foot US midget submarines and a bathysphere are being rushed from America to search off the southern coast of Spain for a nuclear bomb missing after a B52 collided with its tanker. Reliable sources say the subs are deep diving vessels used in experiments.
Approximately 180 students signed up for adult education classes at Neosho Junior College this semester under program director Al Jones. Courses include German, family studies, typing, highway math, shorthand, modern math, refinishing and upholstering, dressmaking and tailoring, and English literature.
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